Good Friday

My father spent two weeks in an inpatient hospice facility, around two miles from the land he farmed. His physician had told him that…

Ash Wednesday

“What we call the beginning is often the end, And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” — from The Little Gidding by T.S. Elliott

Monday of the First Week of Lent: Sad

Thursday after Ash Wednesday: Expulsion

The readings for Lent start in a place of confession and death, of acknowledging our…

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent: Prayer

So there are parts of scripture where rain is compared to mercy, as blessing. Rain…

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Bitter Herbs

Easter

We buried my father on a Sunday afternoon.

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent: Homeless

I was in college when I spent my first night in a homeless shelter. It was not…

Monday of the Sixth Week of Lent: Cleansing

Maundy Thursday

We did not talk much on the trips back and forth to the bathroom.